Best Ian Paisley Quotes & Sayings

If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell. — Barry McGuigan

People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they? — Ian Paisley

I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now. — Liam Neeson

The gun is not out of Irish politics. — Ian Paisley

Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow. — Ian Paisley

I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government. — Ian Paisley

There's more likelihood of Ian Paisley being the next pope, than of me agreeing to a fix or a stitch-up. — Rhodri Morgan

Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs. — Ian Paisley

I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland — Gerry Adams

I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team. — Peter Hain

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. — John Hume

Liverpool wouldn't be the club it is today without Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley and the players who played there. When I first went there it was a typical Second Division ground, and look at it now! — Ian Callaghan

We are not going into government with Sinn Fein — Ian Paisley

I would rather be British than just. — Ian Paisley

I think people see me as someone very much associated with political agreement and, probably more than anything else, being able to build a relationship with loyalist leaders Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson. — Martin McGuinness

I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule. — Ian Paisley

It was amazing that I was ever elected. — Ian Paisley

I will never sit down with Gerry Adams ... he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In fact, Adams does sit down with the devil. — Ian Paisley

You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals — Ian Paisley

Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust. — Ian Paisley

I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman — Ian Paisley

I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor ... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman — Ian Paisley

We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left. — Ian Paisley

Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side. — Ian Paisley

A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball. — Ian Paisley

I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life — Ian Paisley

As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness. — Martin McGuinness

Come Friday, the world will see what the Protestant people really think of this so-called peace process, which is really a surrender process. — Ian Paisley

Obviously, Ian Paisley and I were regarded as very bitter opponents. When we decided in March 2007 to govern together, both of us understood that we weren't going to change our views but that we had to work with one another if we were to end the conflict and move forward. — Martin McGuinness

Unsaturated fat is an outrage. — Ian Paisley